Infection after THR

Bones, joints and muscles
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I had my HTR 15 days ago and all is progressing well,my staples were taken out Tuesday 25th March

This morning after doing my exercises I got myself ready for a shower when I noticed the top of my

wound(small incision)was leaking a very small amount of puss,I cleaned it with some anti bacterial

cream and put a waterproof dressing on while I showered......Has anyone else experienced this and should I be concerned?

Needless to say I will be calling my GP at 2pm but being Friday I'm not sure when I'll get an

appointment,any advice on how I should deal with this?

Thanks..

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Since this is the weekend I would contact the hospital. The ward where you were treated or the consultant's secretary should be able to find someone to give you advice. My hospital had a dedicated helpline to a specialist nurse (Mon-Fri office hours) but not all hospitals organise this.

This is a surface infection at the moment but making sure it stays that way is critical. If you have a clinical thermometer take your temp, if it goes up or the messy bit on the would spreads, then go to A&E and make sure you see the duty orthopaedic registrar as a minimum.

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Thanks for your prompt sound advice ros... I will call my GP at 2pm but have the other nos.you suggested just in case

I don't want to panic but I would hate for any issues to happen now..

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What a great service I have an appointment at 4.45 to see the emergency Doctor.....

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Hope you get good news Parps.....infection is one of the one of the conditions to watch out for...and you got sound advice Ros 007

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Hi Nic it appears just to be at the end of the incision where the last staple was....will let you know what Doc

does/advises......nap time!

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Should be easy to sort with antibiotics...post us an update!!

Chris

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Good evening fellow Hippies...the Doc had a look and decided (as you thought Chris )to give me a weeks

course of very strong antibiotics but also added it was a good idea to see her instead of leaving it....

Time for a nightcap!

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Medicinal I hope!!!

Glad it's sorted...take care and make sure you wash your hands with anti bacterial handwash before you go near your wound....especially when you think its all healed...we get a bit complacent but not worth taking the chance....use the bio oil as soon as its all healed..it will soften the tissue around it which for me is still a bit hard in places...take care

Chris

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Good, hope all goes well and with any luck future readers will take heed and act quickly.